摘要 |
The invention concerns a method characterised in that it uses the stop/start sequences of the aeration system of the treatment basins, imposed by the treating process, to estimate the biomass respiration, the latter being measured during the non-aeration phases, according to the following steps: determining the dissolved oxygen concentration, the evolution of the amount of oxygen contained in the aeration tank, that is its decrease according to the purifying biomass respiration activity; determining the amount of oxygen coming out of the aeration tank, the amount of oxygen entering the tank during a non-aeration phase being considered as nil; determining, on the basis of the data collected during the above steps the purifying biomass respiratory capacity; determining the mass of suspended matters in the purifying biomass and computing, on the basis of the biomass respiratory capacity and the sludge concentration, the amount of oxygen consumed per mass unit of biological sludge and per time unit, that is, the purifying biomass specific respiratory activity. |